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Healthcare demand in response to rabies elimination campaigns in Latin America.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
The World Health Organization, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization have resolved to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites by 2030, and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has added human rabies vaccines to
Jonathan Yoder, Elisabeth Younce, Felix Lankester, Guy H Palmer   +3 more
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Evaluating the role of surgical sterilisation in canine rabies control: A systematic review of impact and outcomes.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Current recommendations for the elimination of canine-mediated human rabies focus on mass dog vaccination as the most feasible and cost-effective strategy.
Abi Collinson, Malcolm Bennett, Marnie L Brennan, Rachel S Dean, Jenny Stavisky   +4 more
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Factors associated with the rabies vaccination status of dogs in households in Beni City, D.R. Congo

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Human rabies transmitted by dogs still kills thousands of people each year worldwide. Dog bites are common in the city of Beni (Democratic Republic of Congo), which shows low rabies vaccination coverage.
Prince D. Kimpanga, Emery K. Taghembwa, Gauthier M. Mubenga, Jean-Marie T. Makwera, Norbert M. Muhongya, Odrade B. Chabikuli, Justin M. Masumu   +6 more
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Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control. [PDF]

, 2003
The leishmaniases afflict the world's poorest populations. Among the two million new cases each year in the 88 countries where the disease is endemic (fig 1), it is estimated that 80% earn less than $2 a day.
Croft, Simon L, Davies, Clive R, Kaye, Paul, Sundar, Shyam   +3 more
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Determinants of dog owner-charged rabies vaccination in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Rabies is a preventable fatal disease that causes about 61,000 human deaths annually around the world, mostly in developing countries. In Africa, several studies have shown that vaccination of pets is effective in controlling the disease.
Eric Kawaya Kazadi, Georges Mbuyi Tshilenge, Victor Mbao, Zakariaou Njoumemi, Justin Masumu   +4 more
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Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonoses of Dogs and Cats. [PDF]

, 2014
Since the middle of the 20th century, pets are more frequently considered as "family members" within households. However, cats and dogs still can be a source of human infection by various zoonotic pathogens.
Chomel, Bruno B
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Analysis of two different mass vaccination strategies against rabies in dogs and cats.

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
ABSTRACT This study evaluated whether there were differences in vaccination coverage rates between municipalities with different vaccination strategies regarding the species and the coverage rates during different day periods. The vaccination period was categorized as M1 (morning; 09h00 am - 11h00 am), M2 (morning/afternoon; 11h00 am - 01h00 pm), M3 ...
A.G. Casteleti, E.B. Marulli, J.R. Modolo, J.C.F. Pantoja, M.S.G. Frontana, R.I. Silva, C. Victória   +6 more
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The impact of poverty on dog ownership and access to canine rabies vaccination: results from a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey, Uganda 2013

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background Rabies is a neglected disease despite being responsible for more human deaths than any other zoonosis. A lack of adequate human and dog surveillance, resulting in low prioritization, is often blamed for this paradox.
Ryan MacLaren Wallace, Jason Mehal, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Sergio Recuenco, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Modupe Osinubi, Victor Tugumizemu, Jesse D. Blanton, Amy Gilbert, Joseph Wamala   +9 more
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Rabies vaccinations at the rural–urban divide: successes and barriers to dog rabies vaccination programs from a rural and urban campaign in Zambia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionDog vaccination against rabies is considered one of the most effective strategies at preventing human deaths from rabies and is a key strategy for eliminating dog-mediated human rabies deaths.
Ricky Chazya, Chilufya Aneta Susan Mulenga, Andrew D. Gibson, Frederic Lohr, Cassandra Boutelle, Sarah Bonaparte, Oline Sinywibulula, Gareth Thomas, Patricia Bwalya, George Dautu, Linous Munsimbwe, Geoffrey Muuka, Luke Gamble, Ryan M. Wallace, Michelle A. Waltenburg   +14 more
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Recombinant expression systems: the obstacle to helminth vaccines? [PDF]

, 2007
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Claerebout, Edwin, De Maere, Veerle, Geldhof, Peter, Vercruysse, Jozef   +3 more
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